“…Treatments for degenerative knee OA include acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine, and Miniscalpel-Acupuncture [4,5]. In pharmacopuncture, hominis placenta is used for joint diseases [6][7][8]. According to the criteria of Korean medicine, hominis placenta has both sweetness and saltiness, but it does not dry out, and it enters 3 meridians: lungs, liver, and kidney.…”